Improvement in vapor-burners



UNITED STATES .PATENT QFFICE.

FREDERICK A. SA\VYER, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ADDISONH. BALDWVIN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN VAPOR-BURNERS.

Specificalion forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,420, dated June 23,1874; application filed April 4, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. SAWYER, of Houston, in the county ofHarris and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSelf-Generatin g GasBurnerS, of which the following is a specification:

The invention relates to the construction and arrangement of the partscomposing the burner, as hereinafter described, and specificallyindicated in the claims.

In the aecompanyin g drawing, Figure 1 is a top or plan view of theburner. Fig. 2 is avertical section of Fig. 1, taken on the line x 00.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a wicletube, through which the oil is carried to the reservoir B.This reservoir is closed by the cap 0, which screws on, as seenin Fig.2. D are the burner -tubes, one or more of which may be used. Theseburners are simple perforated tubes, radiating from the center, but incommunication with the annular generat-ing-chamber E, which forms thebase of the reservoir. The flow of oil to the chamber E is regulated bymeans of the valve F, operated by the rod G. The orifice H is opened andclosed by screwing or unscrewing the valve. The burnentubes are closedat their outer ends, as seen in the drawing. 1 are pans to catch thedrip from the burnertubes. J is a socket-flange, arranged to screw intoa common lamp.

The liquid consumed may be any of the light hydrocarbons, as gasoline,naphtha, 850., and is carried up to the reservoir B by capillaryattraction, and is converted into vapor as it enters the burners by thehigh temperature caused by the flames.

The burner-tubes may be of any form or design to suit.

K are the gas-jet perforations in the burnertubes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In combination with the horizontal perforatedtubes 1) of the burner, the pans I, constructed and made removable asshown and described, for the purpose specified.

2. The reservoir B, applied over the end of the tube A, and the valve F,operated by rod G to open or close the discharge-orifice in. the bottomof reservoir B, the annular chamber E, and radiating perforatedburner-tubes D, all comliied, constructed, and arranged as shown anddescribed, for the purpose specified.

C. G. SPANN, JAS. T. SPANN.

